He got home at 9:15 PM tonight miracle of miracles! The kids rushed to the door and said "What are you doing here?" The sun was still up, just barely and he managed a "hi" to each of them, plopped on the couch said he didn't feel so hot, ate dinner, watched a little tv, and went to bed.
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Recruiters get up about 6:00, earlier if they have the energy to workout....(there is no time allotted for PT anymore), or earlier if they have to transport someone to MEPS. My husband has to be at his office around 7:15/07:30 and start the day. What the day consists of is calling long lists of high school students from ages 17 (those who will be seniors) and all of the graduates to try and book appointments. A recruiter has a set number of phone calls he has to make which generally total about 500 phone calls a week. That's right 500 phone calls in a week, or about 60/70 a day.
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I read somewhere online I think it was the Recruiters Website, that a Recruiter works long hours (8AM TO 8PM) Man I would kill for 8AM til 8PM. Who gets those hours???????????????????????????? Lies, all lies.
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What does getting a holiday off mean? Well it used to mean a 72 or a 96 or something wonderful.....now it means nothing.
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Ok, now we have talked about Making Mission and you fully get it right?
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These are the two key words you will learn in the Recruiting field. Nothing matters but "making mission". Making Mission means meeting the QUOTA of enlistee's on the RS deadline.
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Well the beginning process of the move from wherever you are to wherever you are going begins with the Marine Recruiter in their school. Being overseas makes it a little more complicated because you are so far away. But in general and the worst part is, is that you have NO IDEA WHERE YOU ARE GOING UNTIL 2 days from graduation and then you have less than 30 days to get there and it can change again 15 times until you actually check into your office and even then you can be there a month, a day, an hour and still have it change. This makes it difficult to find a home. NO KIDDING???????????
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My husband the Marine, just coming home off ship after 5 months. Facing his next assignment, finding the best of the best for the United States Marine Corps, to build the future of the Marine Corps.
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The life of a miltiary family is not easy, unless your spouse has a job that he basically works from 07:30 to 16:30, and has weekends off. And gets holidays off and you have the benefits of those nice "72's" and "96's". And you get to take the leave that the military so generously awards you with at the rate of 30 days a year. Then it is just like any other career, he is like just any other professional.
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